Utopia Amazon

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Amazon has opted not to order a second season ofUtopia, its straight-to-series adaptation of the British drama, written by Gone Girlauthor and screenwriterGillian Flynn. The series, starringJohn Cusack, Sasha Lane and Rainn Wilson, premiered on Sept. 25 to so-so reviews and had a quiet run.

Utopiafollows a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel. Within the comics pages, they discover the conspiracy theories that may actually be real and are forced into the dangerous, unique and ironic position of saving the world.

The Amazon adaptation was a co-production between Endemol Shine North America/Kudos and Amazon Studios. Executive producing alongside Flynn were Jessica Rhoades, Sharon Hall, Karen Wilson and Dennis Kelly.

A U.S. version of the 2013-14 British seriesUtopia,created by Dennis Kelly and produced by Endemol Shine Groups UK production studio Kudos, was previously in the works at HBO in 2015 with David Fincher and Flynn. (Fincher, who had been originally attached to direct and executive produce, brought on Flynn to write the series having just worked with her on the featureGone Girl, which he helmed from a script she had penned based on her book.) The series was in pre-production, and Fincher and Flynn had been rehearsing with the cast that includedRooney Mara, Colm Feore, Eric McCormack, Dallas Roberts and Jason Ritter, whenit unraveledafter Fincher and HBO could not agree on a budget.